U-2 Affair event
also: U2 affair, U-2 operation
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Richard M. Bissell Jr.person · 2Operation Mongooseoperation · 2Tracy Barnesperson · 2CIAintelligence service · 1Congocountry · 1Vietnamcountry · 1United Statescountry · 1National Security Councilorganization · 1Richard Helmsperson · 1Colonel Stanley Beerlyperson · 1Robert Andersonperson · 1Tibetcountry · 1Edward Stanulisperson · 1Allen Dullesperson · 1Gar Tonsitperson · 1Lyman Lemnitzerperson · 1Dwight D. Eisenhowerperson · 1
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And they needed more money. By August, Esterling's task force had reworked its plan and presented it in a new memorandum to Eisenhower. The key meeting took place at the White House on August 18th. Present were Alan Dulles, NSC officials, c…
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Richard Bissell supplied details. Tracy Barnes, Bissell's assistant, supervised. Richard Helms sat quietly, which was rather out of character for him. Soon Helms stopped coming to project meetings altogether. Beyond his help in drafting the…
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Bissell preoccupied on many fronts, spy satellites, a new generation of reconnaissance aircraft, the U-2 affair investigation, to which Bissell had to respond. There were other, oh, and there were other CIA operations going on, you know, li…
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The air boss was Colonel Stanley Beerly, CIA's top airman and the mastermind behind the U-2 operation. His field assistant, Gar Tonsit, Thors Ruck, came from the Tibetan Project and Indonesian before that, where that was another failed coup…